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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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«avalanche, dude's under the snow, can't we just poke around with sticks» Why is a dog better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** avalanche, dog · **What happens:** not poke around, be

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t8:1
# text = «avalanche, dude's under the snow, can't we just poke around with sticks» Why is a dog better?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	avalanche	avalanche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	poke	poke	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	around	around	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
19	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **poke around** *in a quote* | can | avalanche under the snow and dude |  |  |  |  | with sticks; around *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with stick=Instrument |
| 2 | **is** | present | a dog |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sticks always miss people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t8:o1:1
# text = Sticks always miss people
1	Sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | Sticks | people |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It smells scent rising through the snow and searches in minutes what takes people hours

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t8:o2:1
# text = It smells scent rising through the snow and searches in minutes what takes people hours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	searches	search	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
13	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | It | scent |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | scent *not said here* |  |  | the snow and searches |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location |
| 3 | **take** | present | searches |  | people |  | hour; minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument people=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dogs can see through snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t8:o3:1
# text = Dogs can see through snow
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Dogs |  |  | snow |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs can melt the snow with their warm breath and dig people out much faster than any stick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t8:o4:1
# text = Dogs can melt the snow with their warm breath and dig people out much faster than any stick
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	much	much	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | can | Dogs | the snow |  |  |  | with Dogs's warm breath | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent snow=Patient with breath=Instrument |
| 2 | **dig out** | infinitive | Dogs *not said here* | people |  |  |  | fast, out *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Instrument |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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